Builders
Gillies, Harold
(1941 –)
SPORT | Basketball, Football
POSITION | Official, Administrator
YEAR OF INDUCTION | 2001
Harold, his dedicated referee, umpire, judge, and administrator was involved in hockey, baseball, track and field, slo-pitch, football, and basketball. Since 1960, Harold has officiated at least one sport a year for over forty consecutive years. As an administrator, he has served on the executives for high school sports, Maple City Country Club, and the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1960 - 2010
1960-72 – refereed Chatham Minor Hockey houseleague games
1970-75 & 1986-88 – umpired Chatham Minor Baseball houseleague and travel team games
1983 to present – has judged field events for Kent County and SWOSSAA track and field meets
1997-2000 – umpired Chatham Adult Slo-pitch games
1968-2005 – for over 30 years, has refereed high school football games and has been assignor of officials for 12 of those years
Officiated in 25 Kent and 12 SWOSSAA championship games
1977-2010 – for over 30 years, has refereed high school basketball games and has been assignor/evaluator of officials for 14 of those years
Officiated in many Kent and SWOSSAA championship games – officiated in 4 OFSSAA championship basketball tournaments at all levels
1985, 1993, & 1996, was assignor/evaluator for 3 OFSSAA basketball tournaments
2000 – was chairman of Organizing Committee for OFSSAA “AA” girls basketball tournament held in Chatham
1985-90 – was on executive of SWOSSAA – 1985-89 served as vice-president and 1989-90 served as president
1996-2004 – was member of Board of Directors for Maple City Country Club
1998 – was chairman of Membership Committee
1999 – was president of MCCC
2001 – was chairman of Greens Committee
After
1998-99 – was vice-chairman of Organizing Committee and chairman of Communications/Media Committee for 1999 Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship held at Maple City Country Club
1998 to 2018 – was a member of Board of Directors for Chatham Sports Hall of Fame and is a past Chairman of the Board
2000 – received OFSSAA “Pete Beech Award” in recognition of contributions to high school athletics at local, SWOSSAA, and provincial levels